* "The US and Saudi Arabia - the main sponsors of terrorism in the world" * (Interview with His Excellency, Mr. Hamid Moayyer, ambassador of the Republic of Iran in Romania)
Donald Trump, the United States president, must decide by October 15th whether or not he will certify if Iran has followed the terms of the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 by Iran and six major western powers.
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The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), the operator of the Romanian capital market, still stands by the nonsensical claim made by its former CEO Ludwik Sobolewski, that his contract expired on August 21st, but not his mandate.
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* Sources: PSD has four names for the head of the ANRE * Rumored names: Florentin Pandele, mayor of Voluntari, Iulian Iancu, president of the Industries Commission, former prime-minister Sorin Grindeanu and deputy Eugen Nicolicea
Niculae Havrileț, the president of the National Authority for Regulation in the Energy Sector (ANRE), together with other members of the Regulatory Committee of the ANRE, will arrive before the Commission for the Investigation of the activity of the ANRE.
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11.10.2017

RADU CRĂCIUN, APAPR, ABOUT THE INVESTMENT OF PRIVATE PENSION FUNDS IN DIGI, A COMPANY WHICH HAS CRIMINAL ISSUES:

Mandatory private pension funds which have invested in Digi Communications, the parent company of RCS&RDS, which was indicted on money laundering and offering bribes, have taken this operating risk into account, by offering a lower price in the IPO, Radu Crăciun, member on the Board of Directors of the Romanian Association of Privately Managed Pensions (APAPR).
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President of BURSA Press Group, Florian Goldstein (MAKE), participated, as speaker, on September 26th, at a debate regarding the future of the European Union, in Brussels, at the invitation of Group of the European People's Party.The subject of the debate can be synthesized in four questions:1. Would it be recommendable for the EU Non-Eurozone States to adopt Euro currency?(...) -------------Question nr.1 answers given by my fellow citizens are divided, and this summer polemic between the Euro MP Theodor Stolojan and Daniel Daianu (member of the Romanian National Bank Board of Directors) in the financial newspaper BURSA has shaped up the idea we could adopt Euro anytime (given the condition of maintaining the macroeconomic balances), an idea opposed to the one claiming Euro adoption should wait till the convergence criteria would be fulfilled.
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09.10.2017

UNICREDIT WARNS THAT THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT IS REPEATING MANY OF THE MISTAKES THAT HAVE LED TO THE RECESSION OF 2009-2010

* Vasilescu: "There are many crystal ball readers, even in the banking system" * UniCredit estimates that the leu will continue to weaken against the Euro to 4.6-4.7, in the first quarter of 2018, and that the policy rate will increase to 2.5%
UniCredit Bank analysts are issuing a warning that the Romanian government is repeating many of the mistakes that have led to the recession of 2009-2010. The quoted experts are mentioning both the fiscal policy that is risky for the economy, as well as the fact that the leu will significantly weaken in 2018, and the deficit may increase to 3.7%. Among other things, the UniCredit report issued on Friday predicts an EUR/RON exchange rate of 4.7 and a policy rate of 2.5%, for the beginning of next year.
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05.10.2017

AFTER BEING FORCED TO MOVE THE BRD NĂSTASE ȚIRIAC TROPHY TOURNAMENT TO BUDAPEST

* Ilie Năstase: "If I was Țiriac, I would sue Mugur Isărescu"
PNL senator Daniel Zamfir, president of the Budget Commission in the Senate, a vocal critic of the banking system, of the NBR and of its governor is adamant about bringing up the activity of the NBR from all angles.
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* The BSE may be taken off the watchlist * FTSE only noted improvements when it comes to stock lending, while the liquidity requirement has not yet been met * Poland, upgraded to the emerging market status * Mongolia and Nigeria, removed from the watchlists
The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE) remains a frontier market, for at least a year, after, on Friday night, FTSE Russell did not give promote it.
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* Iulian Iancu: "We shouldn't stand out by being silent in Brussels and be forced to give natural gas to the neighboring countries, by taking it away from our industrial consumers" * Emil Calotă: "If we do not take action, the natural gas stored by the Romanian producers will remain unused, because there will be far cheaper imported gas available"
The National Authority for the Regulation of the Energy Market (ANRE) has asked for the reconsideration of gas storage policies in Romania to be made a priority, Emil Calotă, the vice-president of the ANRE recently said, in the debates in the Industry Commission of the Romania Parliament about the Draft Law concerning the approval of the Government Emergency Ordinance no.64/2016 for the amendment and completion of the Law of Electricity and of natural gas no. 123/ 2012.
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Central European Media (CME), the owner of Pro TV, is currently in negotiations to sell the four TV stations it still holds in Central and Eastern Europe, according to Echo 24, which quotes several concerned sources.
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* Cappon, Prodan and Sobolewski yesterday had their interviews for the position of CEO of the BSE Ludwik Sobolewski is no longer the CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), Mircea Ursache, the vice-president of the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF) said yesterday. He added that the ASF has conducted an analysis concerning corporate governance at the BSE.
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25.09.2017

FINANCE MINISTRY LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR BUYING GOVERNMENT BONDS DIRECTLY THROUGH THE TREASURY

The Ministry of Public Finance (MFP) has created the legal framework which will allow it to sell government bonds to the population directly through the State Treasury and intends to use that system for the next issue aimed at individual investors as early as this year, according to market sources.
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Andre Cappon, the president of the CBM, Inc. group of New York, comes with a different perspective on the future development of the Bucharest Stock Exchange than that of the current management of the market operator. In his opinion it would be better for the BSE to remain one of the best frontier markets than joining the emerging market and then be demoted, as he told us in an interview.
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